TITLE:
Interference Experiment with a Transparent Mask Rejects Wave Models of Light
AUTHORS:
John C. Hodge
KEYWORDS:
Diffraction, Interference, Young’s Experiment, Light, Photon
JOURNAL NAME:
Optics and Photonics Journal,
Vol.9 No.6,
June
18,
2019
ABSTRACT: Young’s double-slit experiment shows characteristics of light that are modeled as indicating a wave nature of light. Other experiments suggest a particle model of light. An experiment is performed with the Fraunhofer pattern from a first mask impinging on a transparent second mask with a slit. The screen pattern is an interference pattern such as produced in Young’s Experiment. An opaque strip between the first and second mask blocks the light of the center maxima from the first mask. The screen interference fringes remained. Moving the glass mask so the slit is removed from light shows the necessity of a slit in the second mask. This suggests a Newtonian type of light model. This experiment rejects the wave models of light.